JP6225303B2 - Enclosed game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an enclosed game machine that plays a game by circulating a predetermined number of game balls enclosed in the game machine.

  Conventionally, a pachinko machine, which is a gaming machine, has a predetermined number of game balls enclosed in a machine base, and fires the enclosed game balls toward the game area of the game board and collects the released game balls. In addition, there is known a configuration in which a game is played by using a predetermined number of game balls in a circulating manner by firing the collected game balls again (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

This type of enclosed pachinko machine is based on the number of game balls rented to the player and the winnings during the game, instead of storing the game balls that the player can play in the upper and lower plates. The configuration is such that the number of game balls that a player can play is calculated and displayed in accordance with the number of prize balls, and the number of held balls is increased or decreased as the game progresses.
Patent Document 1 describes a configuration for lending balls and storing balls at the end of the game using an IC card.

Japanese Patent No. 4175524

The number of possessed balls is calculated as a new number of possessed balls by adding the number of awarded balls according to the winning and subtracting the number of fired balls.
In addition, the number of shot balls is equal to the sum of the number of balls won (in) and the number of balls that did not win (out). By managing this “number of shot balls = in + out”, it is possible to know whether an illegal act has been performed or whether a game ball is caught on the game board surface.
As the fraudulent act, an act of releasing the door by some means and directly winning the game ball at the winning opening may be considered.
If the game ball is caught on the game board surface, it may be easy to win. There may be an illegal act of hooking (clogging) a game ball slightly larger than a normal game ball onto a nail or the like on the game board surface by any means.
In principle, the enclosed game machine does not open the glass door during business, so the number of enclosed game balls is unchanged, and the relationship “number of fired balls = in + out” is established.
At the end of the game, the relationship “number of fired balls = in + out” always holds.
During a game, it takes a certain amount of time until the ball that has been launched wins or reaches the outlet, but if the player does not release the firing handle during the game, the game ball that has been fired will continually move over the board. Since it flows down, the relationship of “number of fired balls≈in + out” is established. For example, if the player does not release the launch handle during the game, about 100 game balls are fired per minute, but the fired game balls are constantly flowing down the board surface. The number of game balls that enter is about 100 per minute.
By the way, depending on the type of gaming machine, there is a game machine equipped with a stopping device on the board surface.
Since this stopping device temporarily stops the game ball in the device, there may be a case where the relationship of “number of shot balls = in + out” or “number of shot balls≈in + out” does not hold.
In view of the above circumstances, the present invention has been made for the purpose of suitably managing the number of shot balls of a gaming machine having a stopping device.

The invention according to claim 1 is configured to be communicable with an information processing apparatus that performs lending processing of game balls to a player and information processing such as reading and writing of information in a storage medium for storing game balls The game balls launched on the game board by the launching device are collected, and the collected game balls are fired again by the launching device, so that a predetermined number of game balls enclosed inside can be used cyclically. A game ball-enclosed game machine that plays games,
A main controller that controls the progress of the game;
Effect symbol display means for displaying effect symbols according to the progress of the game;
An effect symbol control device for controlling the effect symbol display means;
Undergoing have cell count information game ball a player can be used for the game based on the stored information of the rental information or game balls of game ball from the information processing apparatus, on the basis of the該持Chi ball number information A sub-control device that controls the launching device, and gives a prize ball in response to a plurality of winning holes provided in the game board;
In the sub-control device, a launch ball detecting means for detecting a game ball launched by the launch device;
Winning ball detecting means for detecting a winning ball among the gaming balls launched on the game board;
Out ball detecting means for detecting an out ball that has not won a prize;
A prize opening having a stopping device for stopping a game ball inside,
Without providing the winning ball detection means in the stopping device, the winning ball detection means is provided at the entrance of the winning opening having the stopping device ,
The number of shot balls is managed by the number of shot balls detected by the shot ball detecting means, the number of out balls detected by the out ball detecting means, and the number of winning balls detected by the winning ball detecting means. ,
Connecting the winning ball detection means and the out ball detection means to the main controller;
The main controller determines the number of winning balls corresponding to the winning detected by the winning ball detecting means, the number of winning balls detected by the winning ball detecting means, and the number of out balls detected by the out ball detecting means. Accordingly, the number of possessed balls is calculated, and the calculated number of possessed balls is transmitted to the effect design control device,
The effect design control device displays and controls the received number of possessed balls on the effect design display means.
It is characterized by that.

The sub-control device that gives a prize ball in response to a plurality of winning holes provided on the game board may be any device that communicates with the information processing device and controls the launching device. There is no problem even if a relay board is interposed between the information processing apparatus.
The stopping device may be configured to release one stopped gaming ball, or may be configured to release all the stopped gaming balls at once.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the winning ball detecting means is provided at the entrance of the winning opening having the stopping device, the number of winnings won in the winning opening regardless of whether or not the stopping device is stopped. It can be confirmed.
As a result, it is not necessary to determine whether or not the vehicle is stopped in the stopping device after the game is finished, so that it is not necessary to wait for the release of the stop and the relationship “number of shot balls = in + out” is established at an early stage. It can be determined whether or not.
During the game, it is not necessary to determine whether or not the vehicle is stopped in the stopping device, and it is possible to determine whether or not the relationship of “number of shot balls≈in + out” is established.
Further, the invention according to claim 1 is a configuration in which the main controller calculates the number of possessed balls, and transmits the calculated number of retained balls to the effect symbol control apparatus for display control. Can be reduced.
Since the number of possessed balls is displayed on the effect symbol display means, the player can confirm the number of possessed balls on the screen for viewing the result of the success / failure. Thereby, confirmation of the number of balls held by the player has an extremely easy effect and does not hinder the game.

It is a front view of a gaming machine to which the present invention is applied. It is explanatory drawing of the launching apparatus used for the said gaming machine. It is a rear view of the gaming machine. It is an electric block diagram of the gaming machine. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the main routine performed with the main control apparatus of the said gaming machine. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the start winning confirmation process performed with the said main controller. It is a 1st flowchart which shows the control content of the success / failure determination process of the special symbol performed with the said main controller. It is a 2nd flowchart which shows the control content of the said success / failure determination process. It is a 3rd flowchart which shows the control content of the said success / failure determination process. It is a 4th flowchart which shows the control content of the said success / failure determination process. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the number-of-balls addition / subtraction process 1 performed with the said main controller. It is a figure which shows the display mode of the number of possessed balls displayed on the effect display apparatus of the said gaming machine. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the counting process 1 performed with the said main controller. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the ball information processing performed with the sub-control apparatus of the said gaming machine. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the firing count process performed with the sub-control apparatus of the said gaming machine. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the stop detection process performed with the sub-control apparatus of the said gaming machine. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the number-of-balls confirmation process performed with the sub-control apparatus of the said gaming machine. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the count process 2 performed with the sub-control apparatus of the said gaming machine. (A) The front view of a stop apparatus. (B) The figure seen from front upper direction of the croon 92 with which the stop apparatus was equipped. It is explanatory drawing of the process regarding the number of balls and the number of balls of the game machine. It is a front view of the gaming machine of the second embodiment The front view of the stop apparatus of 2nd Example. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the firing count process performed with the sub-control apparatus of the said gaming machine of 2nd Example. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the number-of-balls confirmation process performed with the sub-control apparatus of the said gaming machine of 2nd Example. It is a figure which shows the control content of the number-of-balls addition / subtraction process 2 performed with the payout control apparatus of 2nd Example. It is a figure which shows the control content of the counting process 2 performed with the payout control apparatus of 2nd Example. It is a front view of the gaming machine of the third embodiment The front view of the stop apparatus of 3rd Example. It is a figure which shows the control content of the stop detection process performed with the payout control apparatus of 3rd Example. It is a figure which shows the control content of the number-of-balls confirmation process performed with the payout control apparatus of 3rd Example.

A pachinko machine as a gaming machine according to a first embodiment to which the present invention is applied will be described. This pachinko machine has a predetermined number of game balls enclosed in the machine base, and fires the enclosed game balls toward the game area of the game board, winning game balls (winning balls), not winning Regardless of the out-ball, the game balls that have been launched are collected, and the collected game balls are fired again so that the game balls can be used by circulating the game balls inside.
As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 1 has a structure in which each part of the configuration is held by an outer frame 10 that forms a vertically long fixed outer frame. The outer frame 10 is provided with a front frame (glass frame) 11 in which a plate glass 110 is fitted and an inner frame (not shown) that can be opened and closed via a hinge 101 provided at the upper and lower positions on the left side. The front frame 11 and the inner frame are closed and locked to the outer frame 10 by a cylinder lock 18 so that a predetermined key is inserted into the cylinder lock 18 and the key is operated clockwise to open the inner frame. None, the front frame 11 is opened by a counterclockwise operation.
A game board 2 held by the inner frame is provided behind the plate glass 110 of the front frame 11.

  Speakers 112 are respectively installed at the left and right sides of the lower portion of the front frame 11, so that game sounds are output thereby improving the game's preference. In addition to the frame-side decorative lamp 113 that emits light according to the gaming state, the front frame 11 is provided with LEDs that notify the gaming abnormality.

  A firing handle 14 is provided on the right side of the lower half portion of the front frame 11. By operating the firing handle 14 clockwise, the launching device 31 provided at the upper left end of the front frame 11 is operated to tilt left. A game ball is launched from above toward the game board 2.

The pachinko machine 1 is adjacent to a card unit (CR unit) 60 that performs information processing such as reading and writing of stored contents from the player's IC card. The CR unit 60 corresponds to the information processing device described in the claims. The IC card stores, as stored information, a credit balance indicating the amount of gaming balls that can be lent, and the number of possessed balls that have been won by winning balls because the player cannot directly obtain gaming balls in the enclosed type. With the IC card, at the start of the game, gaming balls can be rented within the range of the credit balance, and the credit balance is updated according to the rental. At the end of the game, the number of balls is stored.
In connection with the CR unit 60, the pachinko machine 1 is provided with a loan SW 171, a return SW 172 and a balance display device 173 on the left side of the lower half of the front frame 11.
In addition, a game button 15 that can be operated by the player is adjacent to the lending SW 171, the return SW 172, and the balance display device 173, and a jog dial 16 is provided so as to surround the outer periphery thereof.

  A game area 20 surrounded by a rail body 201 is formed on the game board 2. A center case is attached to the game area 20 at the center thereof, and an LCD panel of an effect symbol display device 21 (the whole illustration is omitted) is disposed in the center case. The center case is provided with a warp entrance, a warp cage (game ball passage), a stage, and the like, as is well known.

  Passage gates 22 through which game balls can pass are respectively installed at the left and right side positions of the effect symbol display device 21. Further, at the lower position in the center of the production symbol display device 21, there are a first special symbol start port (hereinafter referred to as a first start port) 23 that is always open upward and can enter a game ball, and a position immediately below the first special symbol start port 23. Is openable and closable by an ordinary electric accessory (general electric accessory), and is provided with a second special symbol starting port (hereinafter referred to as a second starting port) 24 that can enter the ball only when it is opened.

The first start port 23 and the second start port 24 (more precisely, a first hole 95 provided in the second start port 24 described later) are drawn with special symbols (hereinafter simply referred to as special drawings). ). A plurality of types of random numbers are extracted from each of the first and second start ports 23 and 24 when a game ball enters, and the extracted random numbers are stored as reserved storage of a special figure.

  The second starting port 24 is a lottery of a normal symbol (hereinafter simply referred to as a normal figure) executed due to the passing of a game ball to the passing gate 22, whereby the electric utility item is predetermined. Free time.

A plurality of normal winning ports 26 are arranged at the left and right side positions of the first and second start ports 23 and 24. Also, below the second start port 24, a big winning port 25 that is opened and closed by an opening / closing plate is arranged, and an out port 29 is provided at the bottom of the board surface.
A number of game nails are planted in the game area 20 of the game board 2.

The second starting port 24 serves as an entrance of the stopping device 100, and the game balls won in the stopping device 100 are stored by the stopper member 91 as shown in FIG.
The stopper member 91 is closed from the open state of the electric utility item, and after a predetermined period, the storage is released by driving a stationary solenoid 515 (not shown). The released game ball is released to the croon 92 provided below. As shown in FIG. 19 (b), the Kleon 92 has two holes, and the ball that has entered the first hole 95 is detected at the second start port SW 504, and the ball that has entered the second hole 96 is It is detected by the right winning opening SW507. By releasing all of the stored game balls by releasing the stopper 91, a plurality of game balls are released into the clune 92 and enter either the first hole 95 or the second hole 96. In addition, since it is frequently opened during the extended extension, etc., the storage may become excessive and cause clogging of the balls. Therefore, it is preferable that the stopper member 91 is in a released state and is not stored.
Note that a ball that has won a prize in the first hole 95 and the second hole 96 provided in the croon 92 is detected by a winning ball detection sensor 509 described later.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the launching device 31 is provided with a launching base 310 in the center, and the game balls B are sent to the launching base 310 one by one through the opening 313 by the operation of the ball feeding mechanism 312. Then, the game ball B is launched by the operation of the launcher 311 driven by the launch motor 314 and is launched toward the game area 20 of the game board 2.

As shown in FIG. 3, the back side of the pachinko machine 1 houses an inner frame 30 to which the game board 2 is detachably attached. As with the front frame 11, the inner frame 30 is installed so that the vertical position of one side edge (the right side in FIG. 3) is hinged to the outer frame 10 and can be opened and closed.
The rear surface of the front frame 11 and the inner frame 30 are provided with a main control device 40, a payout control device 41, a sub-integrated control device 42, a production symbol control device 43, a launching device 31, and a power supply board (not shown). Yes.
The main control device 40, the sub integrated control device 42, the launching device 31 and the effect symbol control device 43 are provided on the back surface of the game board 2, and the payout control device 41 and the power supply board are provided on the inner frame 30.

  In addition, a polishing device 45 for collecting the game balls launched on the game board and polishing the collected game balls is installed at the bottom of the back surface of the pachinko machine, and the polished game balls are further removed from the lower part of the pachinko machine. A lifting device 33 for sending to the upper launching device 31 is installed vertically along the right side of the back surface of the inner frame 30.

  FIG. 4 shows the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1. The payout control device 41, the sub-integrated control device 42, and the effect symbol control device 43 are arranged as sub-control devices centering on the main control device 40 that controls the game. It is the structure which comprises. The main control device 40, the payout control device 41, the sub-integrated control device 42, and the production symbol control device 43 are all provided with a CPU, ROM, RAM, input port, output port, etc., all of which are controlled by the CPU. A program consisting of a main routine and a subroutine mounted in the ROM is started due to an interrupt signal having a period of 2 ms or 4 ms, and various controls are executed.

  Main controller 40 is electrically connected to front frame (glass frame) 11, glass frame open SW (switch) 501 and inner frame open SW 502 for detecting whether or not inner frame 30 is open. A first start port SW503 for detecting a ball entering the first start port 23 via the plate 541, a second start port SW504 for detecting a ball entering the first hole 95 in the second start port 24, Normal symbol operation SW 505 for detecting a ball entering the passing gate 22, a left winning port SW 506 for detecting a ball entering the second hole 96 in each of the left and right normal winning ports 26 and the second starting port 24, and a right winning port SW 507. , A count SW 508 for detecting a winning ball to the winning device 25, a winning ball for detecting a winning ball that has won a winning port such as the first and second start ports 23, 24, the big winning port 25 or the normal winning port 26, etc. Sensor 509, without winning Out ball sensor 510, the magnet sensor 511 for detecting fraudulent activity to detect the out ball became out, coupled wave sensor 512 or the like and electrically, each SW, the detection signal from the sensor is input.

The winning ball sensor 509 collects the game balls that have entered the winning ports such as the first and second starting ports 23 and 24, the big winning port 25 or the normal winning port 26, and sends them to the polishing device 45. Therefore, it is installed in the downstream part of the ball passage provided on the back surface of the game board, and is configured to detect the winning balls to each winning opening in a lump.
The out ball sensor 510 is provided in a ball path for sending an out ball from the out port 29 to the polishing device 45.

  The main control device 40 operates in accordance with the installed program, generates various commands related to the progress of the game based on the above detection signals and the like, and issues a payout control device 41, a sub-integrated control device 42, and an effect symbol control device. 43, and the display control of the special symbol display device 27, the special symbol hold number display device 271, the normal symbol display device 28, and the general symbol hold number display device 281 via the symbol display device relay terminal board 542. To do. These display devices 72, 271, 28, and 281 are provided outside the game area on the front surface of the game board.

Further, the main control device 40 drives the special prize opening solenoid 513 via the game board relay terminal board 541 to open the special prize opening 25 and drives the utility socket solenoid 514 to operate the second start opening 24. The electric utility is opened and closed, and the stop solenoid 515 is driven to release the stopper 91 provided in the stop device 100.
The main control device 40 is connected to the payout control device 41 so that bidirectional communication is possible.

The payout control device 41 is communicably connected to the CR unit 60 via the CR unit terminal plate 548. Further, it is configured to accept operation signals for lending requests and return requests by lending and returning SWs 171 and 172 via the balance display device 173. The payout control device 41 communicates with the CR unit 60 based on the operation signals of the lending request and the return request, grasps the credit balance regarding the IC card inserted into the CR unit 60, and responds to the lending request signal The credit balance is returned according to the setting of the number of rented balls and the return request signal.
The CR unit 60 is connected to the hall computer 500 of the gaming facility so as to be communicable, and is configured to transmit game information of the pachinko machine 1 to the hall computer 500 based on the contents of communication with the payout control device 41.

Further, the payout control device 41 detects the operation amount of the handle volume 520 for detecting the operation signal of the counting SW 174 for performing the operation of counting the number of possessed balls and the operation amount of the firing handle 14 via the firing operation section relay terminal plate 543. A signal, a stop detection signal of the firing stop SW 522, and a detection signal such as a touch SW 521 for detecting that the player is touching (operating) the launching handle 14 are input.
Further, the payout control device 41, via the launch device relay terminal plate 544, launches a launch entrance sensor 524 that detects the presence or absence of a game ball at the entrance of the launch device 31, a launch motor 314, and a ball that drives the ball feed mechanism 312. A feed solenoid 526 is connected. Then, the payout control device 41 uses the firing motor 314 based on the command reflecting the game situation sent from the main control device 40, the signals of the handle volume 520, the touch SW 521, the firing stop SW 522, the firing inlet sensor 524, and the like. The ball feeding solenoid 526 is driven and controlled to launch and stop the game ball.
Further, a ball feed sensor 523 for detecting the driving of the ball feed mechanism 312 is connected. As will be described later, the ball is counted as a fired ball based on the detection of the ball feeding sensor 523. Therefore, when the game ball is sent to the launch pad by driving the ball feeding mechanism 312, the launch motor is always driven to fire the game ball.

Furthermore, the payout control device 41 receives the detection signals of the cassette switch 527 and the polishing motor sensor 528 via the polishing device relay terminal plate 545 in addition to the control regarding communication processing with the CR unit 60 and the launch of the game ball. According to these detection signals, the cassette motor 529 and the polishing motor 530 are driven to control the polishing apparatus 45.
In addition to the control of the polishing device 45, the dispensing control device 41 receives detection signals from the lifting inlet sensor 532 and the lifting motor monitoring sensor 533 via the lifting relay terminal plate 546, and according to these detection signals. The lifting motor 531 is driven to control the lifting device 33.
Further, the payout control device 41 has a game ball parked in an appropriate amount detection sensor 534, a full tank sensor 535, and a stop device 100 for detecting an appropriate amount of game balls in the pachinko machine via the inner frame relay terminal plate 547. This is a configuration in which detection signals from a stationary ball detection sensor 540 that detects whether or not, a night monitoring switch 536, and the like are input.

A detection signal for detecting an operation of the jog dial 16 and the game button 15 is input to the sub integrated control device 42.
Then, the sub integrated control device 42 drives the speaker 112 to output sound, and controls lighting and extinguishing of various LEDs and various lamps 113. Furthermore, a command for a pseudo effect for displaying a character or the like or a display pattern for a special symbol for the special symbol is transmitted to the effect symbol control device 43.

  The effect symbol control device 43 constitutes the effect symbol display device 21 together with the LCD panel unit and the accessory unit. The effect symbol control device 43 controls the display of the LCD panel of the effect symbol display device 21 in accordance with a command sent from the sub integrated control device 42.

When a game is started in the pachinko machine 1, the game ball is lent out within the range of the credit balance of the IC card and the game is started as a possessed ball that can be used for the game, or to the CR unit 60. If the card has a stored number of balls when the IC card is inserted, the card is read and the game is started as a ball.
In the game of the pachinko machine 1, if there is a ball entering the first hole 95 in the first start port 23 and the second start port 24, a random number value for determining whether or not the special figure is determined is extracted. The determination is made based on the random number value, and the special symbol display device 27 starts the symbol variation of the special symbol, and the effect symbol display device 21 starts the symbol variation of the pseudo effect symbol corresponding to the special symbol.
If the determination result of the special figure is a big hit, the big hit symbol is determined, the big hit symbol is determined and displayed on each display device 21, and the big hit game (special game) is executed. The big hit game has a basic game in which a predetermined number of rounds are continued for a predetermined time or until the predetermined number of times or the number of balls entered reaches a predetermined number and is closed.

In addition, the common electric thing of the 2nd start opening 24 is opened if the result of a lottery of a usual figure is successful, and a lottery of the usual drawing is carried out due to the entrance to the passing gate 22.
And this pachinko machine 1 performs the effect display accompanying the fluctuation of the special figure in the effect symbol display device 21 according to the game.

Hereinafter, the program processing deeply related to the present invention executed by the main controller 40 and the payout controller 41 will be described.
FIG. 5 shows a flowchart of a “main routine” executed by the main controller 40. The “main routine” is composed of this processing (S100 to S110, S115) and the remaining processing (S111), and has a cycle of 2 ms or 4 ms. It is started due to the interrupt signal, and it is first determined whether or not it is a normal interrupt (S100). This determination is made based on whether or not a specific numerical value is written at a specific address in the RAM. If the determination is negative (S100: no), the initial setting (S115) is executed. The numerical value for determining whether or not it is a normal interrupt is written in the RAM as part of this initial setting.

  If it is a normal interrupt (S100: yes), an initial value random number update process (S101), a big hit determination random number update process (S102) that is a random value for determining whether or not the special figure is correct, and an update of the special figure big hit symbol determination random number Process (S103), update process of random numbers for hitting determination of ordinary figure (S104), update process of random numbers for reach determination relating to reach of special figure (S105), update process of random numbers for determining variation pattern relating to fluctuation pattern of special figure ( S106), winning confirmation processing (S107), winning / failing determination processing (S108), fraud monitoring processing (S109), and each output processing (S110) are performed within the remaining time until the next interrupt signal is input. The random number update process (S111) is looped.

Next, a part of subroutines of the winning confirmation process (S107), the success / failure determination process (S108), and each output process (S110) will be described.
The “start winning confirmation process” shown in FIG. 6 is a subroutine of the winning confirmation process (S107), and if there is a winning in the first hole 95 in the first starting opening 23 or the second starting opening 24 (S200: yes). Then, it is confirmed whether the reserved memory for the special figure corresponding to the winning is full (S201). The number of pending storages that can be stored in this embodiment is four.

  If the reserved memory is not full (S201: no), in the extracted random number reserved memory process of S202, a plurality of random values extracted due to the winning (random hit determination random number, random bonus for determining jackpot symbol, random number for reach determination) , Random numbers for determining variation patterns, etc.) are stored as reserved storage. In this process, the number of lights on the special figure hold number display device 271 is increased by one, and a command sending process for sending the current hold memory number to the sub integrated device 42 is performed. Then return.

  7 to 10 show a flowchart of the “win / fail determination process”. As shown in FIG. 7, in the “win / fail determination process”, first, the operation of the accessory continuous operation device is confirmed to determine whether or not a big hit game is being played (S300). no), it is confirmed whether or not the special figure is changing (S301). If it is not changing (S301: no), it is checked whether or not the fixed symbol of the special figure is being displayed (S302). . In addition, if the said accessory continuous action | operation apparatus is operating (S300: yes), it will transfer to "special game processing."

  If the confirmed symbol is not being displayed in the process of S302 (S302: no), as shown in FIG. 8, it is confirmed whether or not there is a special figure pending storage (S310). If there is no pending storage (S310: no), the process proceeds to “special game processing”. If there is a reserved memory (S310: yes), the number of memories is subtracted and a shift process of the reserved memory is performed (S311). By the shift process, the oldest reserved memory among the reserved memories of the special figure is the target of the determination of success / failure.

Next, in the process of S312, the probability variation flag is confirmed to confirm whether or not the current gaming state is the probability variation state (high probability) (if the probability variation flag is “1”, the probability variation is in progress). If the probability change is in progress (S312: yes), it is determined whether or not it is a big hit by comparing the success / failure determination table at the time of the probability change with the big hit determination random number of the pending storage that is the target of the determination (S313).
If the probability change is not in progress (S312: no), it is determined whether or not it is a big hit by comparing the normal probability (low probability) determination table with the big hit determination random number (S314).

In the subsequent process of S315, it is confirmed whether or not the determination of whether or not the process of S313 or S314 is a big hit.
If it is a big hit (S315: yes), in the process of S316, the big hit symbol is determined based on the random number for determining the big hit symbol in the reserved storage that is the object of the determination.
In the process of S317, a variation pattern such as a variation time for a special figure jackpot displayed on the effect symbol display device 21 is determined based on the variation random number for determining the variation pattern of the reserved memory that is the object of the determination.

  After determining the variation pattern, a big hit setting process is performed in S318. In this process, a jackpot game release pattern is set based on the determined jackpot symbol. For example, the time setting for the opening effect of the jackpot game executed by the effect symbol display device 21, the setting of the time for the ending effect, and the setting of the opening mode of the big prize opening 25 are made. In addition, processing such as setting whether or not probability change and time reduction are given as the bonus game state after the big hit game is finished, setting of a probability change counter for limiting the duration of probability change, setting of time reduction counter for limiting the duration of time reduction, etc. are performed. The

  In the process of S315, if it is not a big hit but a loss (S315: no), in the process of S319, a lost symbol is determined based on the random symbol for determining the lost symbol of the pending storage that is the object of the success / failure determination, A variation pattern such as a variation time for a special figure loss displayed on the effect symbol display device 15 is determined (S320). In the subsequent lose setting process (S321), if the gaming state is probabilistic and the time is short, the number of probable changes and the number of times that the time is short are subtracted.

  After each setting process of S318 or S321, in the process of S322, the symbol variation start control of the special symbol display device 16 is performed, the symbol variation start command and the symbol designation command are transmitted to the sub integrated control device 83, and “special game” In the case of a big hit, a big hit game is performed in which the big winning opening 25 is opened.

  When the special symbol is changing in the process of S301 of FIG. 7 (S301: yes), as shown in FIG. 9, when it is confirmed that the symbol change time has passed (S330: yes), the fixed symbol display process In (S331), control for terminating the variation display of the special symbol display device 27 is performed, and a symbol confirmation command is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 42 and the effect symbol control device 43 so as to terminate the variation display and the effect display. Move to “Special Game Processing”.

If the confirmed symbol is being displayed in the process of S302 of FIG. 7 (S302: yes), the process proceeds to S340 of FIG. 10 to check whether or not the confirmed symbol display time has ended. If the fixed symbol display time has not ended (S340: no), the process proceeds to "special game processing".
On the other hand, when it is confirmed that the fixed symbol display time has ended (S340: yes), the fixed symbol display on the special symbol display device 27 is controlled to be ended by the final symbol display end processing (S341), and the sub-integration is performed. A command is transmitted to the control device 42 so as to end the fixed display of the pseudo symbol corresponding to the special figure.

  Subsequently, it is confirmed whether or not the symbol of the special figure is a combination that makes a big hit (S342). If it is a combination that makes a big hit (S342: yes), if the probability variation flag is “1” (S343: yes), the probability variation flag is set to “0” (S344). Next, if the hour / hour flag is “1” (S345: yes), “0” is set to the hour / hour flag (S346). By these processes, the gaming state in the big hit game (special game) is reset to the normal state.

In the process of S347, the operation of the condition device is started, and in the process of S348, the operation of the accessory continuous operation device is started. The condition device is a device that is necessary for the operation of the continuous action device in the jackpot game, and the continuous accessory operation device is a device that continuously operates the special electric accessory.
Then, a command is sent to the sub integrated control device 42 to start the big hit effect by the big hit start effect process (S349), and the process proceeds to the “special game process”.

If it is not a big hit combination in the process of S342 (S342: no), it is checked whether the probability variation flag is “1” (S350), the probability variation flag is “1” (S350: yes), If the probability variation counter (number of times) is “0” (S351: yes), the probability variation flag is set to “0” (S352).
In the subsequent process, if the hour / hour flag is “1” (S353: yes) and the hour / hour counter (number of times) is “0” (S354: yes), the hour / hour flag is set to “0” (S355).
In the subsequent state designation command transmission process of S356, a state designation command including information such as a probability change flag indicating a gaming state and a time reduction flag is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 83.

  In the process of S357, it is confirmed whether the number of reserved memories after the current lottery lottery is “0” (confirmed whether there is a reserved memory). If there is no reserved memory (S357: yes), the sub integrated control device 83 Then, a standby state designation command is transmitted to instruct to wait for the symbol variation of the special symbol until the next special symbol variation start command is output (S358). Thereafter, the process proceeds to “special game processing”.

Next, the program processing executed by the main control device 40 regarding the display of the number of balls possessed by the effect symbol display device 21 will be described. The “number-of-balls adding / subtracting process 1” shown in FIG. 11 is a subroutine of “each output process” of the “main routine”. In the “number-of-balls adding / subtracting process 1”, first, the main controller 40 can use the game. It is confirmed whether there is no memory of information (number of balls held) of possession balls that are game balls (S400). If there is no ball information (S400: yes), in the subsequent processing of S405, if the card has a memory of the ball number when the IC card is inserted into the CR unit 60, the ball number information read from the card, or It is confirmed whether or not the possessed ball information that has been rented out as a possessed ball by the player because the card has no memory of the number of possessed balls has been received through the payout control device 41. Wait for reception.
If the ball information is received (S405: yes), the received ball information (the number of balls) is stored in a storage medium such as a RAM in the main controller 40 (S410).

  If the ball information is stored in the process of S400 (S400: no), in the subsequent process of S415, the detection signals of the first and second start ports SW503 and 504, the left and right winning ports SW506 and 507, and the count SW508 are detected. It is confirmed whether or not there has been a winning at the first and second starting ports 23 and 24, the big winning port 25 or the normal winning port 26. If a winning is detected (S415: yes), the number of winning balls awarded according to the winning is added to the holding information and stored, and the holding information is updated (S420). Next, a process of displaying the number of prize balls generated by winning in the prize ball number display process on the prize ball display unit 212 of the effect symbol display device 21 is performed (S425).

  If no winning is detected in the process of S415 (S415: no), it is confirmed whether or not a winning ball is detected by the winning ball sensor 509 (S435). If a winning ball is detected (S435: yes), a winning ball signal indicating that a winning ball has been detected is transmitted to the payout control device 41 by a winning ball signal transmission process. In step S445, 1 is subtracted from the holding ball information.

  If no winning ball is detected in the process of S435 (S435: no), it is confirmed whether or not an out ball has been detected by the out ball sensor 510 (S450). If the out sphere is detected (S450: yes), an out sphere signal indicating that the out sphere has been detected is transmitted to the payout control device 41 by the out sphere signal transmission process (S455). In step S445, 1 is subtracted from the holding ball information.

  When the holding ball information is updated in S410, S420, and S445, it is determined whether there is a stopping ball in the stopping device 100 (S460). If there is a stopping ball (S460: yes), the sub integrated control device 42 is notified of S410 or S420, The temporary ball number information is transmitted using the updated ball number information updated in S445 as a temporary ball (S465), and the temporary display ball number is displayed on the effect display device 21. If there is no stationary ball (S460: no), the number-of-balls information updated in S410, S420, or S445 is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 42 (S470), and the number of balls held is displayed on the effect display device 21. The presence or absence of a stationary ball can be grasped based on a stationary ball presence signal or a stationary ball non-signal transmitted from the payout control device 41 by the processing of FIG. The stationary ball sensor 540 may be detected by the main controller 40, and both the main controller 40 and the payout controller 41 may detect a stationary ball.

As shown in FIG. 12, the ball information is displayed on the display screen of the effect symbol display device 21 in two upper and lower stages in the lower right portion of the pseudo symbol display (three-digit number) 210 relating to the special figure. . The number-of-balls display section 211 is displayed at the bottom, and the prize ball display section 212 is displayed at the top. FIG. 12A is a display example displayed when the number-of-ball information is received in S465, and FIG. 12B is a display example displayed when the temporary-ball information is received in S470. When a game ball is stopped at the stopping device 100, the background color of the number-of-balls display section 211 is changed to indicate that the number of temporary balls is displayed. By seeing the difference in the background color, the player can grasp that the winning ball is generated by the gaming ball stopped at the stopping device 100 and the holding ball increases.
The display mode is an example of display, and the display mode is not limited to this and may be other display modes.

The game is ended by the player operating the counting SW 174. “Counting process 1” shown in FIG. 13 is a process executed by the main control device 40 regarding the end of the game. In this process, first, it is confirmed whether or not the count SW 174 has been operated to receive a count signal (S500). In this case, the count SW 174 is connected to the payout control device 41, and the count signal is transmitted to the main control device 40 via the payout control device 41.
If a count signal is received (S500: yes), in the subsequent waiting process 1 of S505, if there is a game ball that is flowing down the game board, the exact number of balls cannot be calculated, so all the game balls are collected. A predetermined time (5 seconds in this embodiment) sufficient for the waiting is set as a standby.
Then, in the process of S510, after the time sufficient for collecting all the game balls has elapsed, the possessed ball information (number of possessed balls) updated by the “number of possessed balls addition / subtraction process 1” is transmitted to the payout control device 41. (S510). Thereafter, the ball information of the main controller 40 is cleared (S515).

Next, program processing executed by the payout control device 41 regarding management of the possessed ball information and the number of shot balls will be described. As shown in FIG. 14, in the “holding ball information processing”, first, in the processing of S550, information on the number of balls read from the card when the IC card is inserted into the CR unit 60, or a new game ball at the start of the game. It is confirmed whether or not possession ball information has been received from the CR unit 60 due to the occurrence of lending or supplementation (addition) of possession balls.
If ball information is received from the CR unit 60 (S550: yes), the ball information from the CR unit 60 is transmitted to the main control device 40 (S555). In this case, the main controller 40 performs the processing of S405, S410, S460, S465, or S470 of the “number-of-balls addition / subtraction processing 1” (FIG. 11).

  If the ball information is not received from the CR unit 60 in S550 (S550: no), the ball information is obtained from the main controller 40 by the process of S510 of the “counting process 1” (FIG. 13) at the end of the game. It is confirmed whether or not it has been received (S560). If the ball information is received from the main controller 40 (S560: yes), the counting process 2 which is a process for transmitting the ball information from the main controller 40 to the CR unit 60 is executed (S565). ). The CR unit 60 that has received the ball information updates the information on the IC card based on the information received from the payout control device 41. The counting process 2 in S565 will be described later with reference to FIG.

  If no ball information is received from the main controller 40 in S560 (S560: no), it is assumed that a game is in progress, and it is confirmed whether or not the counting SW 174 has been operated to end the game ( If the counting SW 174 is operated (S570: yes), the operation of the launching device 31 is stopped by the firing stop process (S575), and a count signal is transmitted to the main control device 40 (S580). As a result, the main controller 40 performs the “counting process 1”. In addition, since the launch is stopped in S575, it is possible to prevent the game ball information from fluctuating due to a new game ball being launched into the game area during the standby by the standby process 1.

  FIG. 15 shows the firing counting process executed by the payout control device 41. In this process, it is determined whether the operation of the ball feed mechanism 312 is detected by the ball feed sensor 523 (S600). If detected (S600: yes), 1 is added to the launch ball management counter (S605). After S605 or if the operation of the ball feed mechanism 312 is not detected (S600: no), it is determined whether a winning ball signal is received from the main controller 40 (S610). The winning ball signal is a signal transmitted by the process of S440. If received (S610: yes), 1 is added to the winning ball counter (S615). If no winning ball signal has been received (S610: no), it is determined whether an out ball signal has been received from the main controller 40 (S620). The out sphere signal is a signal transmitted by the process of S455. If it has been received (S620: yes), the out ball counter is incremented by 1 (S625). If no out-sphere signal has been received (S620: no), this process ends.

The launch management counter is a counter for grasping the number of game balls that have been fired, and the winning ball counter is a counter, out-ball for grasping the number of game balls that have won a prize in all the winning holes provided in the game area. The counter is a counter for grasping the number of game balls that have entered the out mouth.
Since the game balls that have been fired enter any one of the winning or out winning holes, if normal, the firing ball management counter is equal to the sum of the winning ball counter and the out ball counter.

  FIG. 16 shows a stop detection process executed by the payout control device 41. This process is a process for determining whether or not the game ball is stopped by the stopper 91 in the stop device 100. First, it is determined whether or not the stop flag is 0 (S650). If the stop flag is 0 (S650: yes), the stop ball detection sensor 540 detects whether the game ball is stopped (S655). When a stop is detected and the stop ball detection sensor 540 is on (S655: yes), a stop ball presence signal is transmitted to the main controller 40 by a stop ball presence signal transmission process (S660), and the stop flag is set to 1. (S665). If no stop is detected, this process ends.

  If the stop flag is 1 instead of 0 (S650: no), the stop ball detection sensor 540 detects whether or not the game ball is stopped (S670). If no game ball is detected by the stationary ball detection sensor 540 (S670: yes), the standby process 2 waits for 3 seconds (S675), and a stationary ball no signal is transmitted to the main controller 40 by the stationary ball no signal transmission process. (S680), and the stop flag is set to 0 (S685). If a game ball is detected by the stationary ball detection sensor 540 (S670: no), this process is terminated.

By this process, it is detected whether or not the game ball is stopped in the stopping device 100. If the stop flag is 1, it means the stop.
Since the process waits for 3 seconds in the waiting process 2 of S675, it is possible to set the stop flag to 0 after the game ball released from the stop of the stopper 91 reaches the winning ball sensor 509.
Furthermore, since the main control device 40 is configured to transmit a signal indicating that there is a stationary ball if a stationary ball is generated, and to transmit a signal indicating that there is no stationary ball if there is no stationary ball, the main controller 40 can determine whether or not there is a stationary ball. .
In this embodiment, it is a configuration for detecting whether or not it is stopped by the stationary ball detection sensor 540, and it is a configuration that does not manage the number of stored balls, but may be a configuration that manages how many stored balls are present. In this case, it is preferable to set the stop flag to 1 if the number of stored is one.

  The gaming machine according to the present embodiment includes processing for detecting a ball clogging and the like by managing the number of shot balls and the number of game balls that have entered each winning port or out port 29. The “firing ball number confirmation process” shown in FIG. 17 is a process for managing the number of fired balls, which is executed by the payout control device 41, and first updates the firing ball number confirmation counter (S700). When updated, it is determined whether the stop flag is 0 (S705). If it is 0 (S705: yes), it is determined whether or not the power transmission is closed (S710). If closed (S710: yes), it is determined whether the value of the firing ball number confirmation counter is equal to or greater than a predetermined value (S715). The firing ball number confirmation counter determines whether a predetermined period has elapsed, and in this embodiment, determines whether five minutes have elapsed.

If the determinations in S705, S710, and S715 are negative, this process ends. If the counter value is equal to or greater than a predetermined value (715: yes), it is determined whether a big hit is made (S720). If not a big hit (S720: yes), the value of the shot ball management counter is calculated by the shot ball number calculation process. It is calculated whether there is an error in the values of the winning ball counter and the out ball counter (S725). This calculation is calculated by {(fired ball management counter) − (winning ball counter + out ball counter)}. It is determined whether the error is 5 or more by calculation (S730), and if it is 5 or more (S730: yes), it is notified by sound, lamp, etc. that there is an abnormality in the number of shot balls by the shot ball number abnormality notifying process (S735). ). If the error is less than 5 (S730: no), it is within the normal range, so it is determined to be normal and the firing ball number confirmation counter is cleared without doing anything (S740).
It is determined that the error is less than 5 is normal because it takes some time for the game balls that have been fired to be detected by the winning ball sensor 509 or the out ball sensor 510. This is because a slight error occurs in the number. Even if the value of this error is not 5, it may be a value that may cause an error.

During the big hit, the winning frequency will change due to the opening of the big winning opening, and there may be a difference in the timing of entering with the incoming ball detection switch. Clear the firing ball number confirmation counter without making a decision.
Although not performed in the present embodiment, a configuration may be adopted in which the firing ball management counter, the winning ball counter, and the out ball counter are cleared when the firing ball number confirmation counter is cleared. Moreover, the structure which transmits the abnormality alert | report by S735 to the hall computer 500 may be sufficient.

Also, if the ordinary power is open in the determination of S710 (S710: no), this process is terminated without performing the fire management determination (the processing of S720 to S735) when the general electric utility is in an open state. This is because there is a possibility that a new game ball enters the stopping device and is stopped.
The determination of whether the error is 5 or more may be a case where the value is 5 more or less, but both are included. When there are many, it is assumed that a ball clogging has occurred on the game board surface 2, and when there is a small number, it is possible to open the front frame 11 and illegally put the game balls directly into the winning hole to obtain prize balls, etc. Since both are abnormal states, it is necessary to deal with them.

  The game is ended by the player operating the counting SW 174. “Counting process 2” shown in FIG. 18 is the process of S565 which is executed when the payout control device 41 receives the ball holding information from the main control device 40. In this process, first, it is calculated whether there is an error between the value of the shot ball management counter and the value of the winning ball counter and the out ball counter by the shot ball number calculation process (S750). This calculation is the same as the calculation in S725. It is determined by calculation whether the error is 0 (S755). If it is 0 (S755: yes), the ball holding information is transmitted to the CR unit by the ball holding information transmission process (S760) and stored in the payout control device. The held ball information is cleared (S765).

  If the error is not 0 (S755: no), it is notified that there is an abnormality in the shot ball number abnormality notification process (S770). This is because when the game is finished, the number of shot balls should match the total number of winning balls and out balls. (The game ball stopped by the stopper 91 is configured to be released after a predetermined period of time when the main electric utility serving as the second starting port is closed, so that the stop is released by waiting in the waiting process 1, and the winning ball sensor 509 is detected and confirmed as a winning ball.) If they do not match, the game ball is clogged on the board or inside the winning hole, or the gaming ball is illegally placed inside the machine. Can be aroused. Note that the notification methods of S735 and S770 may be the same or different.

  Next, the function and effect of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. In the main control device 40, the pachinko machine 1 performs effect display according to the game on the effect symbol display device 21 via the special symbol display control (special symbol display unit 27) and the effect symbol control device 43 during the game. Various processes related to game content are performed. On the other hand, at the start of the game, the main control device 40 receives information about the possessed ball from the payout control device 41, stores the possessed ball information, and detects and outputs the winning ball according to the winning in the game and the winning ball sensor 509. In response to detection by the ball sensor 510, the possessed ball information is added and subtracted and updated. Then, the main control device 40 causes the effect symbol display device 21 to display the possessed ball information (the number of possessed balls, the number of prize balls) via the effect symbol control device 43.

The payout control device 41 receives the ball number information read from the card when the IC card is inserted into the CR unit 60, or the ball information on which the game ball has been lent based on the IC card information by operating the loan SW 171. Is sent to the main controller 40.
The payout control device 41 controls the launching device 31 and the lifting device 33 during the game. At the end of the game, when the counting SW 174 is operated, a counting signal is sent to the main control device 40. When the holding ball information from the main control device 40 is received, the holding ball information is transmitted to the CR unit 60. Based on the information, the stored contents of the IC guard are updated.

Further, based on the detection of the ball feeding sensor 523 and the winning ball signal and the out ball signal transmitted from the main control device 40, the number of shot balls and the number of winning game balls and the number of gaming balls that have entered the out port are calculated. The game board is managed to check whether or not there is a ball clogging.
Since the stopping ball detection sensor 540 detects whether or not the game ball is stopped at the stopping device 100, if there is a stopping ball, it is not determined that the ball is clogged, thereby preventing erroneous notification.

In this embodiment, the main ball control information is managed by the main control device 40, and the launching device is controlled by the payout control device 41, but the game ball is fired by the holding ball information. In the state where there is ball-holding information, the main controller 40 transmits a discharge permission signal to the payout controller 41 that the ball can be launched, and there is no ball. In the state, by transmitting by a firing stop signal, it is transmitted that the firing is prohibited.
Further, since the game ball is detected by the winning ball sensor 509 or the out ball sensor 510, the holding ball information is subtracted, so that there is a slight time difference from the launch to the detection. For this reason, it is good to set it as the structure which transmits a firing stop signal, when ball-holding information becomes not a zero but predetermined number or less. It is desirable that the predetermined number is approximately equal to or greater than the number assumed to be fired from the launch until it is detected by the winning ball or the out ball. By doing in this way, the malfunction that the number of shot balls exceeds the number of balls can be avoided.

  The pachinko machine 1 configured as described above is configured to display the ball information on the effect area display device 21 of the game area, so that the player confirms the number of balls without shifting his eyes from the game area. Therefore, it is possible to concentrate on the game, and to enjoy the game with rich interest without missing the effect display.

Further, since the number of possessed balls is calculated by the main control device 40, the main control device and the payout control device which are problematic when displaying the number of possessed balls calculated by the conventional payout control device on the effect symbol display device. The problem of having to frequently carry out signal communication such as information on the number of balls held between the two and the control device 40, 41, and there is no frequent signal communication. Can be reduced, and the number of possessed balls can be displayed and controlled on the effect symbol display device 21 efficiently.
At the end of the game, the ball information calculated by the main control device 40 is sent to the CR unit 60 via the payout control device 41, so that the configuration of the communication network may be the same as the conventional one and communication can be performed efficiently.

  In addition, when the game ball is stopped in the stopping device 100, since the value of the winning ball counter is not fixed, the number of shot balls is not determined (S720, S725, S730, S735). Even if the values of the number of balls, the number of winning balls and the number of out balls do not match, it is not necessary to notify that there is an abnormality, and the number of shot balls can be managed accurately. In this embodiment, since the number of shot balls is confirmed every five minutes, even if there is an abnormality in the number of shot balls, such as clogged balls, it is possible to find out immediately. In addition, since it is determined to be abnormal when the error in the number of shot balls is 5 or more, there will be some error until the shot ball enters the winning or out port, but if it is within 5 balls, Since it is determined to be normal, it is possible to prevent a situation in which it is erroneously reported as abnormal even if the number of shot balls is determined during the game.

In the present embodiment, in the “ball number check process”, if the error in the ball number is 5 or more even once, it is configured to notify that there is an abnormality by the ball number abnormality notification process in S735. It is good also as a structure which does not alert | report, unless an error is continuously 5 or more.
Further, the ball holding information can be transmitted by the counting process only when the error of the number of shot balls is 0. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the ball holding information may be transmitted as long as it is a decimal number. This is because there is a high possibility that a large number of errors are caused by fraud, and a small number of errors with low possibility of fraud are considered to be no problem.

In this embodiment, a stopping device that stops a game ball in which a winning is not detected is used. However, a stopping device that stops a gaming ball in which a winning is detected may be used. Here, “detection of winning” is not detection by the winning ball sensor 509, but is whether a winning is detected by each of the start ports SW503, 504, etc. This is a storage for indicating the reliability of the conventional jackpot. It corresponds to a stopping device for performing a ball effect.
In this case, in the counting process executed by the operation of the counting SW, a configuration in which the stored game balls are released or a configuration in which an abnormality is not notified if there is an error corresponding to the storable number when storage is detected is preferable. It is.
In addition, the present invention can be applied to all configurations in which a game ball that has entered the winning opening is stopped and cannot be detected as a winning ball by the winning ball sensor 509.

  Here, the correspondence between the configuration of the present embodiment and the configuration requirements of the present invention is shown. The ball feeding center 523 corresponds to the “fire ball detection means” of the present invention, the winning ball detection sensor 509 corresponds to the “winning ball detection means” of the present invention, and the out ball detection sensor 510 corresponds to the “out ball detection” of the present invention. The second start port 24 corresponds to “a winning port having a stop device”, and the stop detection process of FIG. 16 corresponds to “stop determination unit” of the present invention.

Next, a pachinko machine according to a second embodiment applied to the present invention will be described.
This pachinko machine is configured to add and subtract the ball information individually in both the main control device 40 and the payout control device 41 in order to improve the accuracy of the ball information. Is not detected by the winning ball sensor 509, but is detected by the stopping device winning ball sensor 517 provided at the entrance of the second start port. The basic configuration of the pachinko machine is almost the same as that of the first embodiment, and the differences will be mainly described.

  As shown in FIG. 21, the pachinko machine is configured such that a ball that has entered the second starting port is guided into a stopping device 190 different from the first embodiment.

  The structure of the stopping device 190 is shown in FIG. A stop device winning ball sensor 517 is provided at the entrance of the second start port 24, and a distribution path 191 is provided below the stop device winning ball sensor 517. The distribution path 191 is basically configured to be guided in the direction of 196 when the game ball is dropped, but is detected by the left winning opening SW506 when the game ball is stored by the rotating body side surface 197 and a predetermined number of game balls are stored. The first holes 195 are distributed. The rotating body is provided with three holes, two of which are first distribution holes 192 that guide the game balls to the first holes 195, and the other one is guided to the second holes 194 detected by the second starting port SW504. A second distribution hole 193 is formed. The first distribution hole 192 is provided with a wall on the back surface, and the second distribution hole 193 is hollow without a wall on the back surface, so that only the game balls that have entered the second distribution hole 193 are on the back side of the rotating body 196. If it is provided in the second hole 194, it can be guided to the second hole 194.

  In this embodiment, the stationary ball detection sensor 540 is not provided. This is because the presence / absence of a stationary ball is irrelevant in managing the number of shot balls by detecting as a winning ball by the stationary ball device winning ball sensor 517 before it is stopped by the stopping device 190. In the first embodiment, the game ball is stopped by the stopper 91 driven by the stop solenoid 515. However, in this embodiment, the game ball is stored by the side surface 197 of the rotating body 196. A rotating body motor is provided. Since the rotating body 196 is configured to always rotate at a predetermined speed, the stopping of each ball is released.

In the pachinko machine, the payout control device 41 receives the winning signal as shown by a detection signal from a launch ball sensor (ball feeding sensor) 523 for detecting a game ball launched into the game area by the launch device 31, as shown by a broken line in FIG. A detection signal from the sphere sensor 509 and a detection signal from the out sphere sensor 510 are input. Therefore, in the first embodiment, the winning ball and the out ball are detected by inputting the winning ball signal by S440 and the out ball signal by S450, but the winning ball and the out ball are detected only by the payout control device 41. be able to.
Although not shown in the drawing, detection signals of the winning prize openings SW503 to 508 are also input to the payout control device 41. For this reason, the number of generated winning balls can be grasped by the payout control device 41, and the number of held balls is calculated.

FIG. 23 shows the firing counting process in the second embodiment. The difference from the first embodiment is that when S610 is a negative determination (S610: no), it is determined whether or not the stop device winning ball sensor 517 has detected (S1000). If it is detected (S1000: yes), the winning ball counter is incremented by 1 (S615), and if it is not detected (S1000: no), the process proceeds to S620.
As a matter of course, since the stopping device winning ball sensor 540 detects the winning ball, the gaming ball detected as the winning ball at the second starting port is not joined to the path detected by the winning ball sensor 509.

  FIG. 24 shows a shot ball number confirmation process in the second embodiment. Since this process does not include the stationary ball detection sensor 540 as described above, the stationary flag is not set by the stationary ball detection process of FIG. 8 executed in the first embodiment. Therefore, unlike the first embodiment, the stop flag is not confirmed in S705. In addition, by providing the stopping device winning ball detection sensor 517 at the entrance of the second starting port, it is possible to immediately count the gaming balls that have entered the stopping device 190 as winning balls, and even if the winning frequency differs due to the release of the main train, Since there is no effect on the management of the service, it is not determined whether or not the ordinary power transmission in S710 is closed. Others are the same as FIG.

  Then, the payout control device 41 executes the “number-of-balls addition / subtraction process 2” shown in FIG. 25 to calculate the number of balls held separately from the main control device 40. In the second embodiment, the payout control device 41 itself detects winning balls and out balls, so that the main control device 40 calculates the number of balls held by the “ball number addition / subtraction process 1” of the first embodiment. The difference is that the winning ball signal transmission processing in S440 and the out ball signal transmission processing in S455 are not performed. Since the other control performs the same process as the “ball number addition / subtraction process 1”, the description is omitted.

As shown in FIG. 25, in the “ball number addition / subtraction process 2”, first, the payout control device 41 confirms whether or not the ball holding information (number of balls held) is stored (S800). If there is no ball information (S800: yes), in the subsequent processing of S805, the ball number information read from the card when the IC card is stored when the IC card is inserted into the CR unit 60, or It is confirmed whether or not the possessed ball information that has been rented out as a possessed ball by the player as a possessed ball has been received from the CR unit 60, and the reception of the possessed ball information is awaited.
If the possessed ball information is received (S805: yes), the received possessed ball information (the number of possessed balls) is stored in a storage medium such as a RAM in the payout control device 41 (S815). The determination as to whether or not the ball holding information has been received from the CR unit is made in S550 of the ball holding information processing of FIG. 14 as in the first embodiment. The information may be stored. In this case, the processing of S800 to S815 is not performed.

  If the ball information is stored in the process of S800 (S800: no), in the subsequent process of S820, the detection signals of the first and second start ports SW503 and 504, the left and right winning ports SW506 and 507, and the count SW508 are detected. It is confirmed whether or not there has been a winning at the first and second starting ports 23 and 24, the big winning port 25 or the normal winning port 26. If a winning is detected (S820: yes), the number of winning balls to be paid out according to the winning is added to the holding ball information and stored, and the holding ball information is updated (S825).

  As described above, winning detection at each winning opening is also performed by the payout control device 41, and only the payout control device 41 can detect information on the number of winning balls corresponding to winning at each winning opening. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it may be configured to confirm the winning detection by receiving a prize ball signal indicating the number of prize balls from the main control device 40, and to determine the number of prize balls according to the prize ball signal.

  If no winning is detected in the process of S820 (S820: no), it is confirmed whether or not there is a detection by the ball feeding sensor 523 that detects that the game ball has been launched by the launching device 31 (S830). If the sensor 523 is detected (S830: yes), 1 is subtracted from the ball information and the ball information is updated (S835). Since the detection by the ball feeding sensor is also determined in S600 of the firing count process shown in FIG. 15 as in the first embodiment, 1 may be subtracted from the ball holding information in the process. In this case, the processes of S830 and S835 are not performed.

  FIG. 26 shows “counting process 2” in the second embodiment. The difference from the first embodiment is that if the error of the shot ball is 0 (S755), the ball information from the main controller 40 and the ball information calculated by the payout controller 41 by the ball information comparison calculation process. Are compared and compared (S850). Then, it is confirmed whether or not the information of both matches (S855).

If the two pieces of information match (S855: yes), the ball holding information is transmitted to the CR unit by the ball holding information transmission process (S760), and the ball holding information stored in the payout control device is cleared (S765). The CR unit 60 that has received the ball information from the payout control device 41 updates the information on the IC card based on the information.
If the information does not match (S855: no), in the holding ball error process of S860, the CR computer 60 notifies the hall computer 500 that an error relating to the holding ball has occurred, and the main controller 40 is turned on. A warning lamp or the like is turned on to notify an employee of the amusement facility of the occurrence of an error.
In this way, the counting process does not judge that there is no abnormality in the launch ball information and the ball information, and it does not transmit the ball information to the CR unit without being normal. Only the ball holding information is transmitted to the CR unit.

The above is the configuration of the second embodiment. According to the pachinko machine, the same effect as the pachinko machine 1 of the first embodiment is achieved, and the main controller 40 and the payout controller 41 individually Since the number of possessed balls is calculated and the number of possessed balls is collated at the end of the game, the number of possessed balls at the end of the game can be accurately calculated.
In addition, even if the stopping device 190 is provided in the winning opening to stop the game ball, the stopping ball is counted as a winning ball by the stopping device winning ball sensor 517. Even if it exists, it is possible to determine the fired ball without any problem, so that the processing load of the payout control device 41 can be reduced.

  In the first embodiment, it is configured to determine whether or not it is possible to launch based on the presence / absence of ball holding information managed by the main control device 40, but in the second embodiment, the holding control managed by the payout control device is used. It is desirable to have a configuration that determines whether or not the launch is possible based on the presence or absence of ball information. This is because, unlike the main control device 40, the payout control device 41 is configured to subtract the number of balls held based on the detection of the ball feeding sensor 523, so that no deviation occurs in the detection of the number of shot balls.

Next, a pachinko machine according to a third embodiment applied to the present invention will be described.
In the first embodiment, the pachinko machine has a structure in which a stopping device is provided in the second starting port, but is different in that a stopping device 290 is provided on the board surface. The basic configuration of the pachinko machine is almost the same as that of the first embodiment, and the differences will be mainly described.

  As shown in FIG. 27, the pachinko machine is provided with a stopping device 290 at the right center portion of the game board surface 2. A normal winning opening 226 is provided below the stopping device 290.

  FIG. 28 shows a stopping device 290 in the third embodiment. In the stopping device 290, the game ball that has entered from the ball entrance 291 is distributed to the first discharge port 293 or the second discharge port 294 by the distribution passage 295. The distribution path 295 is basically distributed to the second discharge port 294 side because the incoming game balls are directly below. The stopping device 290 of this embodiment is configured to store game balls by a stopper 292. By stopping five game balls, the game balls that have subsequently entered can be distributed to the first outlet 293 side. It will be. The second discharge port 294 is provided directly above the normal winning port 226, and the discharged game ball wins the normal winning port 226 with a high probability. The game ball discharged from the first discharge port 293 is discharged to the game area and guided to the lower center of the game by a game nail (not shown). The stop ball detecting sensor 540 detects the presence or absence of a stop ball in the payout control device 41.

The stop ball is released by displaying a predetermined symbol on the special figure display device 27. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it may be released every predetermined time, or a stop release button may be provided on the front surface of the gaming machine and released by the player's operation, and is not particularly limited.
The configuration is also canceled when the counting SW 174 is operated. Therefore, the payout control device 41 is configured to send a storage release signal to the main control device when the counting switch-on is detected.

  FIG. 29 shows the stop detection process in the third embodiment. The difference from the first embodiment is that when the stationary ball detection sensor 540 is turned off in S670, the stationary flag is set to 0 after waiting for a predetermined time by the standby processing 3 in S1100. Note that the standby period of the standby process 3 waits for a sufficient time (for example, 4 seconds) until the game ball stopped in the stopping device 290 is released and detected by the winning detection sensor or the out-ball sensor.

  FIG. 30 shows the shot ball number confirmation process in the third embodiment. In the third embodiment, it is determined whether it is a big hit (S820), and when it is determined that it is not a big hit (S820: yes), it is determined whether it is a short time (S1105), which is different from the first embodiment. . In the present embodiment, the stopping device is not provided in the second start opening 24 which is a normal electric accessory, but as in the big hit, the normal electric accessory is frequently opened to the second start opening. This is because there is a possibility that the detection timing of the winning ball sensor is deviated and the detection timing of the winning ball is deviated from the normal detection.

  The above is the configuration of the third embodiment. However, when the game ball is stopped in the stop device 290 provided on the game board surface 2, the number of shot balls is not determined. The number of fired balls and the number of winning balls and the number of out-balls do not match, so it is possible to prevent anomalies from being reported and to accurately manage the launched balls. It becomes possible.

In the third embodiment, similarly to the first embodiment, the background color of the number-of-balls display section 211 is different depending on whether or not the game ball is stopped at the stopping device 290.
In the stopping device 100 provided in the winning opening (in the second starting opening 24) of the first embodiment, the game ball whose stopping has been released is always detected by the second starting opening SW504 or the right winning opening SW507 and won. Therefore, by looking at the background color, the player knows that the winning ball is generated by the stopped game ball and the holding ball increases, but in the third embodiment, the stop device 290 is placed on the game board surface 2. Since it is provided, the game ball that has been released from the stop may enter the outlet. Therefore, in the third embodiment, the player sees the background color, and the game ball with the game ball stopped at the stop device 290 wins, so that the player can increase the ball or enter the out mouth to decrease the ball holding. To figure out.

It should be noted that the present invention described in the claims is not limited to the configuration of the embodiment described above, and can of course be implemented in various ways without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, in the pachinko machine of the second embodiment, the number of held balls calculated by the payout control device 41 during the game may be newly provided on the front frame side and displayed.
In addition, in the pachinko machines of the first and second embodiments, when a game is started, a game ball is lent out within the range of the credit balance of the IC card and the game is started using this as a ball or to the CR unit 60. When the IC card is inserted, if the card has a memory of the number of balls, the payout control device 41 reads all the information on the number of balls from the card, and starts playing the game as a ball. In the latter case, instead of reading all the information on the number of possessed balls from the card, the payout control device 41 may read as many pieces of possessed ball information by the player's operation and start the game based on this. good.
Furthermore, even if it is the structure using the stopping device like 1st Embodiment or 3rd Embodiment, it is good also as a structure which calculates the number of balls in the payout control apparatus 41 like 2nd Embodiment. Conversely, even in a configuration using a stopping device as in the second embodiment, the payout control device 41 may be configured not to calculate the number of balls held as in the first embodiment.

1 Pachinko machine (enclosed game machine)
2 game board 20 game area 21 effect symbol display device 31 launching device 40 main control device (number of possessed balls, first number of possessed balls)
41 Dispensing control device (sub-control device, second possessed ball calculating means, possessed ball number collating means)
43 Production Symbol Control Device 100 Stopping Device 509 Winning Ball Detection Sensor 510 Out Ball Detection Sensor 540 Stopping Ball Detection Sensor 60 CR Unit (Information Processing Device)

Claims (1)

It is configured to be communicable with an information processing device that performs processing for lending a game ball to a player and information processing such as reading and writing of information in a storage medium for storing the game ball. A game ball encapsulated type in which a game ball that has been fired in the game is collected, and the collected game ball is re-launched by the launching device so that a predetermined number of game balls enclosed therein are used in a circulating manner. A gaming machine,
A main controller that controls the progress of the game;
Effect symbol display means for displaying effect symbols according to the progress of the game;
An effect symbol control device for controlling the effect symbol display means;
Undergoing have cell count information game ball a player can be used for the game based on the stored information of the rental information or game balls of game ball from the information processing apparatus, on the basis of the該持Chi ball number information A sub-control device that controls the launching device, and gives a prize ball in response to a plurality of winning holes provided in the game board;
In the sub-control device, a launch ball detecting means for detecting a game ball launched by the launch device;
Winning ball detecting means for detecting a winning ball among the gaming balls launched on the game board;
Out ball detecting means for detecting an out ball that has not won a prize;
A prize opening having a stopping device for stopping a game ball inside,
Without providing the winning ball detection means in the stopping device, the winning ball detection means is provided at the entrance of the winning opening having the stopping device ,
The number of shot balls is managed by the number of shot balls detected by the shot ball detecting means, the number of out balls detected by the out ball detecting means, and the number of winning balls detected by the winning ball detecting means. ,
Connecting the winning ball detection means and the out ball detection means to the main controller;
The main controller determines the number of winning balls corresponding to the winning detected by the winning ball detecting means, the number of winning balls detected by the winning ball detecting means, and the number of out balls detected by the out ball detecting means. Accordingly, the number of possessed balls is calculated, and the calculated number of possessed balls is transmitted to the effect design control device,
The effect design control device displays and controls the received number of possessed balls on the effect design display means.
An enclosed game machine characterized by this.

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